On Tuesday Night Winnipeg jets centre Morgan Barron had a big scare while he was making his NHL playoff debut.
Barron took a skate to the face during a goalmouth scramble in the first period of Game 1 of first – round western conference playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights.
Laurent Brossoit the Vegas goaltender was diving Back to freeze the puck after stopping Barron’s initial shot and his skate came up while Barron was being pushed to the ice by the golden knight’s Chandler Stephenson.
Barron said,” i was trying to figure out if the puck went in because it was pretty close”,” i saw the skate was coming .it was an unlucky play.The first thought was that I could see out of the ( Right) eye was the main thing.
According to the sportsnet broadcast of the game – Baron went to the dressing room and received more than 75 stitches.
“Looks like he got attacked by a shark ” center Adam Lowry said.”it is scary thing we are all so worried about the puck crossing the line ,and all of the sudden we see a trail of blood all the way from the crease to the bench.
Wearing a full face sheild and sporting a bandage above his eye Barron returned to play in the second period.He skated 10:44 in the jets 5-1 win over the Golden Knights.
He was drafted by the new york rangers in the sixth round in 2017 and joined the jets last season as part of the trade that sent forward Andrew copp to the new york.
In this season barrson had 8 goals and 21 points in 70 games.
